🎮 Promptcade MicroJam #1
Welcome to the first ever Promptcade MicroJam — a chill, 1-day game jam for weird, clever, and fast ideas. We encourage using AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, or whatever helps you move fast and finish fun.
🧠 Theme
The theme will be revealed at 09:00 UK time on Saturday, September 14th, 2025 right here on the jam page and in the Promptcade Discord.
🗓️ Schedule: One-Day Build
🌅 Morning (9 AM – 12 PM)
- 9:00 – 9:30: Theme drop & brainstorm (try AI prompting!)
- 9:30 – 10:00: Finalize concept & scope down
- 10:00 – 12:00: Build core mechanics & game loop
☀️ Afternoon (12 PM – 6 PM)
- 12:00 – 1:00: Lunch & community check-in
- 1:00 – 3:00: Art & polish (AI-generated or placeholder)
- 3:00 – 5:00: Testing, balancing, bug fixes
- 5:00 – 6:00: Polish & prep for submission
⏰ Submission Deadline:
Saturday, September 14th at 9 PM UK time
⚙️ Rules
- Solo or team projects welcome
- You may use pre-made assets, templates, or code
- AI-assisted workflows are encouraged but optional
- Games should be playable (browser preferred, downloads OK)
- Keep it fun, focused, and scoped for a 1-day build
- Be respectful in the Discord and jam comments
🤖 AI Collaboration Tips
- Use AI to brainstorm mechanics and theme ideas
- Speed up scripting or logic prototyping
- Generate placeholder art, music, or SFX
- Ask your AI assistant to help debug and document
✅ Good Scope for a 1-Day Jam
- One core mechanic (jump, dodge, shoot, match)
- Endless mode or 3–5 short levels
- Minimalist visuals (rectangles = fine!)
- Sound FX from a generator or AI
- Simple win/lose condition
🚨 Emergency Mode (Final 2 Hours)
- Cut everything that’s not core gameplay
- Use colored shapes if art isn’t ready
- Add a clear restart/win/lose flow
- Test what matters. Submit something that works!
🧑🤝🧑 Community
- Join the Promptcade Discord to share progress and ask questions
- Show off your build in
#jam-showcase - Ask for help if you get stuck
- Give feedback, play each other’s games, and celebrate the chaos
🏁 Voting Criteria
- Creativity – Is it a clever idea?
- Fun Factor – Is it fun to play?
- Theme Fit – Does it connect with the jam theme?
- Style & Vibe – Does it feel cohesive and cool?
🧪 About Promptcade
Promptcade is an experimental AI-powered game dev community. We build games fast with help from AI — and we love clever mechanics, nostalgic charm, and scrappy ideas that just work.
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Let’s make something weird together.